noun:

• pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.)
• one (on dice, in cards, etc.) - From Portuguese "pinta"
• beginning; best ➜ キリ
• kickback

noun:

• profile; face in profile; face seen from the side
• (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

noun / ~する noun:

• payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment ➜ 前払い
• payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls) ➜ 着払い【ちゃくばらい】

noun:

• forerunner

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to leave nothing undone; to do all in one's might; to do everything possible

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air - usu. as 真面目くさった or 真面目くさって

noun:

• only this; this much

noun / ~の noun:

• this small amount (degree, extent)

noun:

• (not) in the slightest; (not) at all - as こればかりも with neg. verb

noun:

• (member of the generation born in) the first nine years of the Shōwa period (from 1926 to 1934) - four character idiom

noun:

• Imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court (during the Muromachi and Edo periods) - four character idiom

noun:

• six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu) ➜ 三途の川

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc)
• to apply concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods

noun:

• crow in the mountains
• jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) ➜ ハシブトガラス
• rook (species of crow, Corvus frugilegus) ➜ ミヤマガラス
• dark-skinned person - archaism - derogatory term

noun:

• days on which Ten'ichijin is in heaven (the 30th to the 45th days of the sexagenary cycle) ➜ 天一神・癸巳・戊申

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion ➜ 胸一杯

noun:

• empowering women; promoting women's contribution; removing obstacles to women's full participation in society and the workplace

adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

• tearing; ripping; scratching - onomatopoeia
• crunching; munching - onomatopoeia
• stiff; starchy; crisp - onomatopoeia
• (working) hard; actively; vigorously; energetically - onomatopoeia
• making loud noises in succession (firing bullets, vehicle revving up, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• crackling (electricity) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Heian-period pastry made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares

noun:

• mythical shark-like demon sea monster with barbed tail fin, said to live off the coast of Matsuura and other places in Western Japan; Beach Stroker

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to present; to dedicate
• to obey; to follow; to believe in; to serve
• to proudly bear

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:

• to present; to dedicate
• to obey; to follow; to believe in; to serve
• to proudly bear

noun:

• Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari)
• the Minamoto family

ichidan verb:

• to be used to doing; to be experienced in

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cover up; to hush up; to shroud in darkness

noun:

• kabuki troupe; kabuki theater (theatre)
• Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo)

noun:

• attending physician; doctor-in-charge; attending doctor; one's doctor